Mar 26, 2020
Kathryn talks with Summer Eberhard, managing director in the Associate Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa and a working mother who advises young lawyers on negotiating their parental leave, and about the intersection of mental health issues and parenthood. They discuss the challenges of working as a lawyer and parent amid the COVID-19 outbreak, how associates should ask for and take parental leave, and some of the mental health issues that accompany both challenging tasks. Enjoy this episode!
Episode Resources
- Summer Eberhard: seberhard@mlaglobal.com https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/people/summer-eberhard?byconsultantorauthor=summer-eberhard
- kathryn@abovethelaw.com
Episode Highlights
- Mental health and working parents - 1:44
- Living in a world with coronavirus - 2:07
- Full-time working parents - 3:02
- Stress - 4:08
- Mental health during the coronavirus - 5:45
- Prioritizing your mental health - 6:11
- Working parents at home - 6:40
- Summer's background - 7:39
- The role of mental health issues - 9:05
- Balancing stress and anxiety - 10:24
- Worried about the coronavirus pandemic - 12:58
- Having the support that you need - 13:47
- One of the biggest mental health problems for working parents - 15:30
- The other side of parental leave - 22:33
- Mental health issues after taking parental leave - 22:50
- Being a full-time attorney again - 24:01
- A piece of advice for parents that need to talk with their firms after parental leave - 27:17
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